tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post7809815809853119753..comments2024-03-27T13:13:25.164-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Anarchism in America by Evan Wrightjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-25576514370421316322009-12-12T07:45:17.299-05:002009-12-12T07:45:17.299-05:00"Hella Nation; Looking for Happy Meals in Kan..."Hella Nation; Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's War Against the Gap, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America" by Evan Wright; G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2009.<br /><br />I cannot resist remarking on the irony that apocalyptic visions of the future of America have considerable currency on both sides of the political spectrum, on the 'Religious Right" as well as among these anarchists. Same for lack of respect for the law as in the case of the late Bush Administration whether in the case of the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council, the Geneva Conventions, Habeas Corpus or EPA regulations. Furthermore, even mainstream environmentalist suggest solutions that often seem to presuppose the extinction of at least hundreds of millions of people, and a reversion to some kind of Paleolithic era. Of course all this is not only debatable, it is often debated- look how difficult is has been to close down the Guantanamo prison! Since "man-made global warming" is a scientific hypothesis and therefore, on principle, subject to eternal re-examination and criticism, how is it that its advocates are so eager to establish it as an indisputable certainty and its opponents as something along the lines of a "Satanic Conspiracy?<br /><br />This is the reason I included a link to a sympathetic review of Zerzan's 'Elements of Refusal" not included in Mr. Wright's essay. With wingnuts on all sides of the question, it's only fair to give everyone as full a hearing as possible, or at least minimal recognition of the importance of doing so.johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com